Blogs The Free Wi-Fi Myth

WiFi in McDonalds here in Germany is free, but you have to give them you phonenumber so they SMS you their password.
Strangely, expensive business hotels in Germany charge extra for WiFi, but every 5$ backpacker-dig in SE-Asia offers free, open WiFi.
Then again, nobody prosecutes them for downloading and they therefore don't have to track their customers...

 

There are hotels/pubs here that promote their free wifi... the issue here is that the manager of one establishment is the chairman of a community organisation that as part of its services provides a computer centre with internet access charged at £1 per half an hour (customers are allowed to hook their own laptops up to the network too). Many customers find this is a reasonable charge and a bargain if they're only on for 30 mins... but why pay for something when you could get access for free?

 

Just discovered that you get free 15 mins in standard class on Virgin, although not advertised as such? Just go through the payment process but when you get to the actual payment page you are already online so no need to pay!

If you timeout just repeat the process.

Nice one Virgin!